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ILLINOIS RIVER BASIN


05563000       KICKAPOO CREEK NEAR KICKAPOO, IL

 

LOCATION.-- Lat 40°48'02", long 89°48'01" (NAD of 1927), in SW1/4SE1/4 sec.34, T.10 N., R.6 E., Peoria County, Hydrologic Unit 07130003, at bridge on U.S. Highway 150, 0.8 mi upstream from mouth of the West Fork of Kickapoo Creek and 2.5 mi northwest of Kickapoo.

 

DRAINAGE AREA.-- 119 mi2.

 

PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE

 

DISCHARGE: October 1944 to September 1962.

 

PARTIAL RECORD: Annual maximum, water years 1963-1976; 1978-1986; 1988-current.

 

BIOLOGICAL:

 

ALGAE: Water year 1997.

 

BENTHIC MACROINVERTEBRATES: Water year 1997.

 

GAGE.-- Crest-stage gage. Datum of gage is 514.85 ft. above NGVD of 1929 (Corps of Engineers benchmark) (514.57 ft NAVD 1988). Prior to June 7, 1945, nonrecording gage at same site and datum.

 

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Maximum discharge, 27,500 ft3/s, July 27, 1967, gage height, 17.08 ft, from rating curve extended above 7,300 ft3/s; minimum, 0.4 ft3/s Oct. 28, 29, 1946, July 30 to Aug. 1, 1956.




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Introduction

Station Descriptions

Surface-Water Data

Ground-Water Data

Meteorological Data

Biological Data